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    Px-format and Px-programs

    Px programs for data processing and presentation of statistics, Px is a standard format for statistics files used by many statistical offices. A package of software has been developed for this format: PxWeb, PxWin and PxEdit., The Px format contains metadata (varialble texts, codes, sources, date, etc.) and data. This format can manage multi-dimensional data., The Px file format consists of a number of keywords. These can be either mandatory or optional. , PxWeb, PxWeb is a software program for online publication of statistics, both data from the StatBank and your own data. , The program is free of charge for government agencies and municipalities, international NSI's, and international organisations dissemianting statistics. , PxWin, PxWin is an application developed at Statistics Sweden. It was released in June 2016 and replaced PC-Axis. , The application can be used for selection, calculation of totals, production of graphs and more. Px files can be downloaded from the StatBank., PxEdit, PxEdit is a program for Px files developed by Statistics Finland. In PxEdit you can process your Px files in various ways. For example, you can create Px files based on data from Excel., Contact, If you have enquiries about the Px products, please contact Lars Knudsen, 22 80 03 18, , lak@dst.dk, . However, Statistics Denmark provides no support services for the free products. , Links, The manual is only available in Danish, see:, Read more about PxWeb and download the program here, Read more about PxEdit and download the program here,  

    https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/hjaelp-til-statistikbanken/px-format

    Bosnia-Herzegovina 2021-2023

    Statistics Denmark is implementing an EU-financed Twinning project in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the national statistical institutions of Finland, Sweden and Italy. The project runs from March 2021 to March 2023., The beneficiary institutions are:, Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Institute for Statistics of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Institute for Statistics of Republika Srpska, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indirect Taxation Authority of Bosnia and Herzegovina., The overall objective of the project is to increase the volume of statistical data in/for BiH and further increase the compliance with EU Acquis, with the specific objective to strengthen the statistical system institutional capacities and to further harmonise statistics in BiH with EU standards by improving business statistics, balance of payments, agriculture and labour market statistics and to improve reporting/statistics on collected indirect taxes., In general, the project addresses six independent components:, Component 1 - Business Statistics, with four subcomponents, Component 2 - Agricultural Statistics, Component 3 - Administrative Data Sources , Component 4 - Labour Market Statistics, Component 5 - Balance of Payment Statistics – Central Bank, Component 6 - Macroeconomic Analysis Unit of the Governing Board of the Indirect Taxation Authority, You can read more about the project on Facebook: EU Twinning - Further Support to the Reform of Statistics System in BiH

    https://www.dst.dk/en/consulting/projects/bosnia-herzegovina2021-2023

    Annual Report 2024

    Explore our portfolio of international projects for 2024, 26 March 2025 8:00 , By , Klaus Munch Haagensen, Our Annual Report 2024 takes stock of the activities and outcomes of all our international projects in International Consulting throughout the year., In 2024, the second phase of our Strategic Sector Cooperation (SSC) projects in Ghana and Morocco progressed further, while the SSC project in Vietnam concluded its first phase and prepared for Phase II in 2025. These projects are financed by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs., Our EU-funded projects remained active in Jordan, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and the Pan-African Statistics project (PAS II). Meanwhile, our project in the Turkish Cypriot Community, also funded by the EU, concluded in mid-2024. Detailed descriptions of all individual projects are available in the annual report., Beyond a summary of our major project achievements, the report features a special article on the importance of statistics in a development context. Statistics play a vital role in evidence-based decision-making, ensuring effective resource allocation, and promoting transparency and accountability. From tracking social progress to empowering citizens, statistical data is essential for shaping policies that drive real-world change., As part of the Framework Program for Phase II of the SSC, Statistics Denmark has launched a new initiative to support other Danish authorities in their development efforts through data and statistics. This initiative, called “SIAM”, is funded through the SSC program by the Danish MFA, with a budget of 4 million DKK for 2024-2027. More details on this initiative can be found in the annual report., We extend our sincere gratitude to our partner statistical bureaus, embassies, NGOs, and other stakeholders who contributed to our projects in 2024. A special thank you to the EU and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their continued financial support., Read the full report here, , available in both web and printable versions.

    https://www.dst.dk/en/consulting/news-from-international-consulting/2025/26-03-2025-Annual-report-2024

    Pushing statistical production based on administrative data – on all levels

    Pushing statistical production based on administrative data – on all levels., 22 August 2023 12:00 ,  , At the same time as Danish experts in Vietnam together with the General Statistical Office (GSO) worked on creating statistical indicators based on administrative micro data, an international conference on “Data ecosystem management, data governance, and data stewardship” took place. Participants were Vietnamese ministries, international institutions, representatives from the private sector and national statistical offices., The full day conference displayed experiences of data integration and cooperation between authorities for the production of high quality official statistics through presentations and discussions. Presentations were held by the national statistical offices of Denmark, Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Thailand. Likewise the international organizations ESCAP and UNFPA contributed with presentations., The conference ended in a lively discussion between the Vietnamese public institutions and the international participants. The conference is considered a valuable leverage to Statistics Denmark’s ongoing efforts to support the modernization and digitalization of the production of official statistics in Vietnam through the Strategic Sector Cooperation program financed by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs., You can read more about the SSC-project in Vietnam here.

    https://www.dst.dk/en/consulting/news-from-international-consulting/2023/22-08-2023-Pushing-statistical-production-based-on-administrative-data

    Data science team from Ghana wins UN Datathon 2023

    Data Science Team from Ghana got 1st Place overall and also the prizes for Best Youth Team, Best Visualization and Best Team from Sub-Saharan Africa., 22 January 2024 11:00 ,  , Competing against over 400 teams from all over the world, the GSS team got 1, st, Place overall and also the prize for Best Youth Team, Best Visualization and Best Team from Sub-Saharan Africa. The challenges at the Datathon was to create “an innovative data solution which tackles local sustainable development challenges”. The solution should accelerate progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals using open source data sets and have a geospatial element., The Data Science Team produced an interactive tool which provide decision-makers with information about school enrollment, access to electricity and access to information on a local level based on night light data sources and data from the 2021 Population and Housing Census. The Data Science Team of the GSS was formed in 2022 to strengthen the use of Data Science and ICT at the Ghana Statistical Services. During 2022 and 2023, Statistics Denmark has worked closely with the team building skills in R and showcasing how administrative data can be turned into official statistics., Together with Statistics Denmark the Data Science Team created the , Statsbank Ghana,  , forming the base of the Population and Housing Census Atlas., We have made a small video presenting the Data Science Team and it’s work. , Video on the Data Science Team - 3:30 minutes,  , Read more about the Datathon and the winners on the official UN Datathon website here., The Datathon was supported by the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics. , You can find the UN-homepage with datathon essentials here.

    https://www.dst.dk/en/consulting/news-from-international-consulting/2024/22-01-2024-data-science-team-from-ghana-wins-un-datathon-2023

    Bullying

    How big is the problem of bullying among children and adults?, Bullying among children, DCUM (Dansk Center for Undervisningsmiljø) is a teaching environment centre that has made several surveys on the , well-being of and bullying among schoolchildren, (in Danish)., Each year, the Ministry of Children and Education initiates , national satisfaction surveys, (in Danish) in schools of primary and lower secondary education., The National Institute of Public Health is in charge of , The School Children Survey, , which is the Danish contribution to the international survey of Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study (HBSC). The survey includes information on e.g. the well-being, social relations and , bullying, among children., Cyberbullying, The National Council for Children has conducted several surveys on , cyberbullying, (in Danish)., DCUM (Dansk Center for Undervisningsmiljø) has a themed page on , Digital bullying, , where, among other things, there is a link to a survey among students in 7th, 8th and 9th form on their experiences with cyberbullying (in Danish)., Adult bullying, In 2021, VIVE - the Danish Center for Social Science Research - released a report on the extent of offensive actions and conflicts in the Danish labour market – ", En undersøgelse af omfanget af krænkende handlinger og konflikter på det danske arbejdsmarked, “ (in Danish). In addition to bullying, the report also has findings regarding conflicts, sexual harassment, violence and threats., The Danish Work Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet) is responsible for the survey, ’National Overvågning af Arbejdsmiljøet blandt Lønmodtagere’ (NOA-L), (in Danish), which include questions about violence, threats, bullying and sexual harassment., In 2019, SSI and University of Aalborg published the report ", Sex i Danmark, “ (in Danish), in which a section of the report focuses on the amount of people who have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.,  , [This page was last reviewed in November 2024],  

    https://www.dst.dk/en/informationsservice/oss/mob